Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed on Saturday an alliance between Latin American countries to bring a unified voice to the fight against drug trafficking, by recognizing drug consumption as a public health problem instead of confronting it with what he called a "failed" militarized approach.
  • @bcore@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14•1 year ago

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed on Saturday an alliance between Latin American countries to bring a unified voice to the fight against drug trafficking, by recognizing drug consumption as a public health problem instead of confronting it with what he called a “failed” militarized approach.

    Sounds like what he’s proposing.

    • @Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      I saw war on drugs and pulled my pitchfork out. My bad, and thank you for correcting me. It’s about damn time we approached drugs differently.